Carroll girls witness Trump’s signing of executive order
As President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls and women’s sports, nine Carroll County girls were among those surrounding him and witnessing the ceremony in Washington.
Kit Hart, Carroll County chapter chair for Moms for Liberty, said a member of Trump’s team reached out to her group and invited several members and their daughters who are athletes to the signing.
Hart, whose 13-year-old daughter, Delaney, competes on local swim and lacrosse teams, posted a formal invitation she received from the White House on her X account Feb. 3 as well as a comments saying, “Save Girls Sports. Say no to cheating liars.” She thanked Trump for signing the order, which she said in another post proved “he respects, uplifts and supports strong women.”
“Everybody is able to compete,” Hart said in an interview Friday. “So it’s not eliminating kids who identify as trans from competing, they just have to compete on a fair level.”
Delaney Hart, a seventh-grader at St. Stephen’s Classical Christian Academy in Eldersburg, said she appreciated being able to witness a historic moment: “We saw Donald Trump as he was signing the order, and it was one of the coolest experiences of my life.”
Carroll County Supervisor of Athletics Michael Duffy was unaware athletes from the county would be in attendance at the White House ceremony. Duffy said he, along with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, will “take some time to assess before making any decisions moving forward. It’s too early to say anything definitive.”